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Jennifer Bacci Selected as 2021 Recipient of the Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award

Welcome (back) Dr. Elizabeth Brouwer to the CHOICE Institute!

The CHOICE Institute Graduate Fellowship Support
Graduate students are at the heart of our leading innovations and most impactful work — from developing models for value assessment in pharmaceuticals, to evaluating government policies and programs like the Generic Drug User Fee Act (GDUFA) to literally writing the textbook on drug-drug interactions. They are the inspired researchers who pro... Read more...
CHOICE Institute Releases 2020 Annual Report

New research finds association between COVID-19 hospital use and mortality

Estimating the Infection Fatality Rate among Symptomatic Covid-19 Cases in the U.S.

The Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) is a critical parameter in understanding the CO... Read more...
UWSOP alum appointed Senior VP for Health Economics at ICER

Welcome to our new class of CHOICE MS Fellows
We are pleased to announce the 2020-22 cohort of CHOICE MS Fellows.
The CHOICE Institute has partnerships with four pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that sponsor two-year fellowship programs for recent PharmD graduates. The trainee spends a year with us at UW earning an MS degree, and then one year gaining on the ground experience ... Read more...
UWSOP CHOICE create Novel New Framework for Valuing Health Outcomes in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

Introducing “Health Years in Total:” A Novel Framework for Valuing Health Outcomes in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses. CHOICE Researchers Introduce a New metric that provides a robust and feasible approach that overcomes specific limitations of the QALY
Lawrenceville, NJ, USA—January 20, 2020—Value in Health, the official journal of ISPO... Read more...
CHOICE Institute Researchers Find that Rural Hospital Closures Increase Patient Mortality

Dr. Kritee Gujral and Dr. Anirban Basu’s recent National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper, “The Impact of Rural and Urban Hospital Closures on Inpatient Mortality,” which used Cal... Read more...
The CHOICE Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Jens Grueger, PhD, to the School of Pharmacy as an Affiliate Professor

Recap from SMDM 2019

CHOICE Alum Will Canestaro recognized for health innovation

This award recognizes individuals who are exhibiting extraordinary talent in the four attributes that contribute to successful innovation: collaboration, customer focus, imagination, and perseverance. Recognized for collaboration, Will is cur... Read more...
Doug Barthold Explores Diagnostic Patterns of Dementia

CHOICE Team presents at the ICER CEPAC Meeting on Type 2 Diabetes

The UW Team created a cost-effectiveness microsimulation model to evaluate the value of oral semaglu... Read more...
Teams at UWSOP and Fred Hutch look at emerging sickle cell disease therapies

The National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded a unique collaborative, The Sickle Cell Clinical and Economic Impact Consortium that brings together The CHOICE Institute at the UW School of Pharmacy (UWSOP), Fred Hutch, NHL... Read more...
Find the CHOICE Institute at SMDM 2019
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Marcum first pharmacist to receive prestigious Beeson Award

Notably, Zach is the first pharmacist to receive the grant, which is typically awarded to physician-investigators. This initiative is focused on clinic... Read more...
Promoted UWSOP faculty tackling tough problems facing population health with novel approaches
Abhinav Nath, PhD, A... Read more...
Using Data and Economics to Transform Health | Celebrating 25 Years

“At CHOICE, we work to advance the study of health economics, pharmaceutical outcomes research, and policy to improve population health in the U.S. and around the world.”—Anirban Basu, Stergachis Endowed Director, Choice Ins... Read more...
A Tradition of Reinventing Pharmacy

“Pharmacists are the medication experts on the health care team and in the community. Thanks to our work, in addition to improved care at hospitals and clinics, busy people can just pop ... Read more...
Using Genetics to Decode Warfarin

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Enhancing the way epilepsy is managed by engaging community pharmacists

The roughly 3.4 m... Read more...
Supporting cancer survivors

Where to find CHOICE Students, Alumni, & Faculty at ISPOR 2019

CHOICE at ISPOR 2019
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Dean Sullivan named OSU Icon of Pharmacy

On the evening of May 4th, 2019, Oregon State University College of Pharmacy alumni and friends gathered at Portland City Grill to honor the recipients of the 2019 Icons of Pharmacy Award including Sean D. Sullivan, a truly dedicated leader in the pharmacy profession.
Sean was recognized for his leadership at the UW School of Pharmacy whe... Read more...
Brouwer and Ko each win Garrison Prize in 2019

CHOICE Professor Emeritus, Dr. Lou Garrison, is seen here presenting Lizzy with the award, named in honor of his parents, at the CHOI... Read more...
CHOICE students travel abroad to research cervical cancer and test a TBI screening app

Welcome new Research Project Manager Anthony Morgan to CHOICE

Morgan will be supporting CHOICE Director Anirban Basu and other CHOICE investigators, including Aasthaa Bansal. In ... Read more...
Brouwer receives UW Population Health Initiative Travel Award

Elizabeth will be speaking on a panel titled, “Impacts of Federal... Read more...
Lauren Strand named 2019-2020 UWSOP Magnuson Scholar

UWSOP team wins the AMCP 2019 National Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Competition

Bacci, White, and Zaraa awarded UW Population Health grant to study integrated care models for people living with epilepsy

HECOR certificate expands program into Saudi Arabia

In addition to offering the traditional distance learning program to US and international students, engaging 40 students from 4 countries this year, CHOICE is running a separate program sponsored by AbbVie for 24... Read more...
Doug Barthold was awarded the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Pilot Award

The award is for one year. His study will look at the relationship between use ... Read more...
Chuck Phelps delivers keynote at 2nd Annual CHOICE Symposium

"The CHOICE Institute was delighted to host Professor Emeritus Charles Phelps at the keynote speaker for the CHOICE Annual Symposium. Profess... Read more...
Stergachis helps veterans by serving on a National Academies of Sciences committee

The National Academies was... Read more...
Landaas presents PupilScreen app at Dawg Days in the Desert

CHOICE Alumnae Bennette and Adamson to lead ISPOR short course

12 UWSOP students to present posters at ISPOR

Marina Gano joins Department of Pharmacy and The CHOICE Institute

Marina grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska, after first living in Germany and Maryland. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages and Literature (Spanish and German) from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF).
Her career ... Read more...
Devine and Chen debut Real-world Evidence Assessments and Needs Guidance (READi) Tool

CHOICE faculty member Beth Devine and CHOICE PhD student Shuxian Chen led an invited workshop last month at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Nexus Meeting in Orlando Florida.
There, they presented their newly developed framework and tool that guides users in evaluating real world evidence (RWE) to inform health technology adopti... Read more...
CHOICE director Anirban Basu and collaborators receive NIH grant to study costs of dementia care

CHOICE PhD student Landaas studies PupilScreen app in Thailand

PupilScreen a newly developed smartphone app that screens for traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and c... Read more...
Kai Yeung receives grant for project looking at value in prescription drug benefit design

Kai's project is entitled, "Value-based Formulary-Essentials: Testing and Expanding on Value in Pres... Read more...
Anirban Basu awarded Mid-Career Excellence Award by HPSS

At the 2018 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS) held in Charleston, South Carolina, Anirban Basu was awarded the Mid-Career Excellence Award from the American Statistical Association Section on Health Policy Statistics (HPSS). Anirban was exceptionally and uniquely qualified for this award. Highlights include his pr... Read more...
Barthold uses economics methods to improve dementia diagnosis and treatment plans across race, ethnicity, and sex

At press time, there are no known drugs that can prevent or delay the onset or progression of ... Read more...
Marcum takes a multi-prong approach toward developing a dementia prevention strategy

Experts know there are healthy habits that will make a diffe... Read more...
UW Researchers Gray and Phelan to study the impact of deprescribing to reduce falls in older adults

UW Pharmacy’s Shelly Gray and UW Medicine’s Elizabeth Phelan are teaming up to identify ways to prevent falls in older adults. Their study, “Reducing Central Nervous System (CNS)-active Medications to Prevent Falls and Injuries in Older Adults (STOP-FALLS),” will identify medication safety improvements to reduce fall-related injuries an... Read more...
Researchers at UW and USC find a type of medication used to treat high blood pressure may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Lou Garrison named 2018 Value Assessment Challenge Award recipient

CHOICE faculty member, Aasthaa Bansal, awarded highly coveted NIH Merit Award

Researchers at UW bolster study of how austerity devastated Greece’s health

“This study is important because it provides... Read more...
Neumann presents at joint HICOR/PHEnOM Seminar and PAA Katterman Lecture

On Wednesday, May 2nd, Peter Neumann, Sc.D. joined our PHEnOM seminar to discuss whether the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) is becoming the U.S.' counterpart to England's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE... Read more...
Strand awarded 2018 Garrison Prize in Health Policy & Economics

Laurent's research lo... Read more...
Marcum study finds metformin has mortality benefits even with low kidney function

Basu trains Indian government and health leaders in health economics

Our CHOICE PhD students continue to advance research to improve health outcomes

Meng Li
Meng Li, a 5th year CHOICE PhD candidate, along with Kai Yeung (CHOICE Alum), and Josh Carlson (CHOICE Faculty) won Journal of Managed Care &... Read more...
Meet Our Newest Faculty Member, Doug Barthold

Doug comes to us from the University of Southern California where he was a post-doctoral scholar with the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. Doug received his BBA in Management, Economics and ... Read more...
New fellowship will advance thoughtful health care innovation in Washington state

Partnership between Washington Research Foundation and The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP creates opportunities for students and researchers at non-profit research institutions in Washington state
The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP is pleased to announce a partnership with the Washington Research Foundation (WRF) that will create four new fellowships per ... Read more...
CHOICE alumnus Scott Strassels moves into leadership role at Ohio State U

Launch of The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP promises leadership in health economics and outcomes research

Veenstra weighs in on genetic testing in Science Magazine

"In about 5 years I think we are... Read more...
UWSOP faculty and alumni elected to ISPOR leadership

UW School of Pharmacy faculty and alumni are again recognized as leaders in health care. The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) announced the election of the Society’s 2016-2017 Board of Directors that assumed office on July 1, 2016. Many o... Read more...
Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence for the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program (PORPP)

“Great scientists and great surfers share a common trait. They don’t position themselves where the big wave is now; they position themselves where the next big wave is going to be. PORPP teaches students to read the patterns in scientific methods, to understand the history that built up behind the last big waves, and to prepare for the ride o... Read more...